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tonight in baltimore the real refs replace the replacements. >> there she blows. look at this. a very rare white whale spotted for the first time in decades. we have all the video for you. >> i love it. >> not doing it for the kids. mega selling author j.k. rowling's new book aimed at adults and it comes out in less than an hour. >>> welcome to "early start." i'm alina cho. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. 31 minutes past the hour. it was a collective sigh of relief for football fans and fantasy freaks all across america. say so long to the replacement refs. 48 hours after the blown call that sparked national outrage, the nfl reached an eight-year collective bargaining agreement with its referees. they shook on the deal last night. the lockout is officially over effective immediately. so that means the regular officials that you love to hate are back. commissioner roger goodell confirming they willing on the field tonight when the baltimore ravens host the cleveland browns. >> all right. the refs are back and so is j.k. rowling. author who made harry potter a household name has now cas
tonight in baltimore the real refs replace the replacements. >> there she blows. look at this. a very rare white whale spotted for the first time in decades. we have all the video for you. >> i love it. >> not doing it for the kids. mega selling author j.k. rowling's new book aimed at adults and it comes out in less than an hour. >>> welcome to "early start." i'm alina cho. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. 31 minutes past the hour. it was a collective sigh of...
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. >> doreen is the director of the baltimore museum of art. they once had that wren our on display owned by a art patron named sadie may. more than 60 years ago the painting was lifted. >> this is the library's record of the painting, the card saying it was lent here. this notation saying it was stolen from the museum in november of 1951, only five months after the lender, sadie may died. >> reporter: fast forward to 2010, a woman at the harper's ferry flea market is attracted to a nondescript box. >> she paid $7.00 for a cardboard box full of miscellaneous items. >> reporter: including a doll, a plastic cow and the long lost renoir. the purchaser took the painting to an auction house in alexandria, virginia where it's kept now. what happened between high end heist and flea market haggle, over roughly 60 years, is virtually unknown. >> how tough is it to piece together how it might have made that journey? >> i think people feel a painting by a famous artist like renoir ought to be clear. life has so many twists and opportunities. it has friend
. >> doreen is the director of the baltimore museum of art. they once had that wren our on display owned by a art patron named sadie may. more than 60 years ago the painting was lifted. >> this is the library's record of the painting, the card saying it was lent here. this notation saying it was stolen from the museum in november of 1951, only five months after the lender, sadie may died. >> reporter: fast forward to 2010, a woman at the harper's ferry flea market is attracted...
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fans at baltimore welcoming the real nfl refs back last night. after suffering through three weeks of replacements, it's a scene likely to be repeated at nfl stadiums sunday. commissioner roger goodell apologized to fans for the use of replacement refs. the league lifted its lookout of the officials after the two sides agreed on a new eight-year labor deal. >>> police are trying to piece together the bizarre final moments of actor johnny lewis' life. investigators say the "sons of anarchy" beat and strangled his 81-year-old landlady before falling from the three story home to his death, this as police sirens approached. investigators say drugs may have been involved but they have no proof yet. they're still trying to piece it all together. >>> after sharing his vision of a new world order with the u.n., iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad kicked back and enjoyed a little western highlight. this according to the new york daily news. booking two entire floors at the posh warwick hotel in manhattan where a single sweet goes for $1600 a night. he e
fans at baltimore welcoming the real nfl refs back last night. after suffering through three weeks of replacements, it's a scene likely to be repeated at nfl stadiums sunday. commissioner roger goodell apologized to fans for the use of replacement refs. the league lifted its lookout of the officials after the two sides agreed on a new eight-year labor deal. >>> police are trying to piece together the bizarre final moments of actor johnny lewis' life. investigators say the "sons of...
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to an inch in diameter and here is the area, from bangor to boston, so new york city, philadelphia, baltimore and washington, all expecting some strong storms predominantly later tonight. fredricka, the bulk of this, the biggest access of the storms are still well west. this is just an area we've seen with the tornado warnings around metro new york ahead of this cold front and this warm, moist atmosphere, so it's a long way to go, a lot of severe weather today we'll be reporting on. >> keep us posted on that all day long, thanks so much, alexandra. >> you're welcome. >>> all right, the presidential race is intensifying in two key battleground states in particular, virginia and florida. mitt romney is holding two events in virginia today and president obama is courting votes in the sunshine state. both candidates are fighting to win over undecided voters, and time to election day just 59 days now. we get started in florida where president obama kicked off a two-day bus tour there, this past hour he spoke at a college in st. petersburg near tampa. the president blasted romney's economic plan sa
to an inch in diameter and here is the area, from bangor to boston, so new york city, philadelphia, baltimore and washington, all expecting some strong storms predominantly later tonight. fredricka, the bulk of this, the biggest access of the storms are still well west. this is just an area we've seen with the tornado warnings around metro new york ahead of this cold front and this warm, moist atmosphere, so it's a long way to go, a lot of severe weather today we'll be reporting on. >>...
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here's baltimore. baltimore and washington a lot, very strong storms in washington. had a tornado warning there earlier. this line now moving over toward dover and georgetown into the eastern shore. and farther south. you heard don talk about it. charlotte, 7:30 nascar in town tonight. most likely we will certainly see delays with this race. this all has to pass through. so here is a look, big picture. boston, new york, washington. don, a one day affair. just a few more hours of this. this will all push to the east tomorrow. sunny, breezy, cool. even a taste of fall in new england. highs only in the low 70s. so a big change of air mass. but kind of a big power punch as it moves through. >> thank you. >>> if you want to know which states matter most in the presidential election, well just look at where the candidates are today. president barack obama spoke at two rallies in florida. he won that state in 2008. winning it this year could help him clinch another four years. the republican mitt romney is in virginia which no one thought of as a swing state until four year
here's baltimore. baltimore and washington a lot, very strong storms in washington. had a tornado warning there earlier. this line now moving over toward dover and georgetown into the eastern shore. and farther south. you heard don talk about it. charlotte, 7:30 nascar in town tonight. most likely we will certainly see delays with this race. this all has to pass through. so here is a look, big picture. boston, new york, washington. don, a one day affair. just a few more hours of this. this will...
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and even sunday night here in baltimore with the patriots game. it was an absolute mess. it was an absolute -- frankly, absolute does his grace that has damaged the integrity of the nfl season, particularly for the ye green bay packepackers. >> you've covered the sports negotiations before. is it kind of incredible that the nfl seemed to bend and got that deal done? is it a victory for union workers everywhere? >> i guess it will be cast that way. i don't know that the nfl lost these negotiations. they certainly didn't get the total victory that they always seem to want and what caused the -- the mindset that caused this to get to this point. but those of us who covered labor negotiations, i've covered that horrible baseball work stoppage in 1994, we know that in each of these negotiations when they're at kind of an impasse, something always happens. something comes into the equation that causes to move forward. and that was monday night. i think the moment that it was obvious to everyone that the wrong team was awarded the victory, i think everyone knew that roger goodel
and even sunday night here in baltimore with the patriots game. it was an absolute mess. it was an absolute -- frankly, absolute does his grace that has damaged the integrity of the nfl season, particularly for the ye green bay packepackers. >> you've covered the sports negotiations before. is it kind of incredible that the nfl seemed to bend and got that deal done? is it a victory for union workers everywhere? >> i guess it will be cast that way. i don't know that the nfl lost...
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the o's tacked on another run to make the final 4-2 to make baltimore tied with the new york yankees who were rained out last night. and the toronto blue jays have suspended yunl escobar for a slur written in spanl over his eye black. he responded saying, hey, it was a joke and he did not mean it to be offensive. let's talk about this with "sports illustrated" baseball editor ted keith. good morning. so -- help us understand this. nobody really noticed this slur in escobar's eye black, but a fan did. and he posted it on twitter, and then it e became this big deal, right? >> yeah. it is not complete ly uncommon for the guys to write things on the eye black and what is interesting here is that we are getting a little bit of an insight on how the clubhouse culture works versus how common society works. you would never put something like this out public on the facebook tor twor the twitter o anything out in the media, but this is a player who is doing something that in his defense he says, well, i talk about this all of the way with my teammates and it is not the way you think about it a
the o's tacked on another run to make the final 4-2 to make baltimore tied with the new york yankees who were rained out last night. and the toronto blue jays have suspended yunl escobar for a slur written in spanl over his eye black. he responded saying, hey, it was a joke and he did not mean it to be offensive. let's talk about this with "sports illustrated" baseball editor ted keith. good morning. so -- help us understand this. nobody really noticed this slur in escobar's eye...
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. >> wolf, this is the sadie may room of the baltimore art. she was a well-known donor, a patron of the arts in baltimore. she lent a painting to this museum many decades ago. in 1951 that painting was stolen from this museum, the circumstances around that are not clear. but it made its way somehow from 1951 to a flea market in west virginia a couple of years ago where it was sold for $7 where it was actually bought at a flea market with just some other kind of trin kwets in a box. it is worth up to or possibly over $100,000. and we're here with the director of the baltimore museum of art. can you tell us how you think it made its way from being stolen here in 1951 to being sold in west virginia at a flea market. >> it's a bigamist ri. of course we may never know the course of the painting. we didn't have computers, we didn't have digital images. things were recorded by hand on index cards, things were mimeographed or carbon paper. very different from how we record information today. so we'll be very lucky, i think, to find out the whole story
. >> wolf, this is the sadie may room of the baltimore art. she was a well-known donor, a patron of the arts in baltimore. she lent a painting to this museum many decades ago. in 1951 that painting was stolen from this museum, the circumstances around that are not clear. but it made its way somehow from 1951 to a flea market in west virginia a couple of years ago where it was sold for $7 where it was actually bought at a flea market with just some other kind of trin kwets in a box. it is...
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and the issue of same-sex marriage has even found its way on to the football field where this man, baltimore ravens linebacker brendan iambadjo, is speaking out in favor of marriage equality. that caught the attention of a maryland state lawmaker who slammed the player for his views and asked the ravens to order him to be quiet. he responded on twitter saying, "football is just my job. it's not who i am. i am an american before anything. and just like every american, i have the right to speak!" and brendan is getting support from other nfl players including vikings' chris clue. he wrote a scathing public letter to the same maryland politician. half of it we can't tell you what it said on the air. saying among other things that the lawmaker is mind-bogglingly stupid. >>> meanwhile, mitt romney is staking his claim as a defender of the nation's armed forces. a role he says president obama is not fulfilling. speaking to an audience comprised of mostly military families in virginia, romney said he will be an advocate for our men and women in uniform. >> with liberty and justice for all. with lib
and the issue of same-sex marriage has even found its way on to the football field where this man, baltimore ravens linebacker brendan iambadjo, is speaking out in favor of marriage equality. that caught the attention of a maryland state lawmaker who slammed the player for his views and asked the ravens to order him to be quiet. he responded on twitter saying, "football is just my job. it's not who i am. i am an american before anything. and just like every american, i have the right to...
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you have the cleveland browns against the baltimore ravens. thankfully for the fans and really let's be honest the nfl's image, tentative eight-year labor deal is reached. it eight-year labor deal has been reached. it locks in and protects pension plans for five years. it will also allow to hire year round basis and hire additional refs so they can then be trained. the league came very close to being the laughing stock of sports after that infamous blown call. here it is again, by those replacement refs. this is monday night football. here's what the commissioner, roger goodell, had to say about all of this. >> you never want to see a game end like that. and you never want to see a game end on a controversial play. in 32 years as a league employee, that's something you always would like to see avoided. this is the right thing to do. get the officials back on the field, get the agreement concluded. and that was really what everyone's objective was. >> so game on tonight. nfl refs will vote on the tentative agreement saturday. from the nfl to th
you have the cleveland browns against the baltimore ravens. thankfully for the fans and really let's be honest the nfl's image, tentative eight-year labor deal is reached. it eight-year labor deal has been reached. it locks in and protects pension plans for five years. it will also allow to hire year round basis and hire additional refs so they can then be trained. the league came very close to being the laughing stock of sports after that infamous blown call. here it is again, by those...
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the regular nfl refs were in baltimore thursday. will they be there sunday? we'll fill you in. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one....
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a lot of happy people will be showing up at that stadium tonight in baltimore, suzanne. >> i guess we've got to live with the results from the past. life ain't perfect, it's not fair. we have to live with it and move on. we'll try. all right, jason, thank you. >>> courting the jewish vote. >> the public appearance is that the united states will be behind israel if something happens. z i'd rather the united states be next to israel. >> these people are so pumped about politics, they broke their religious fast to talk about religion. >>> people are dialing back on clothes, movies and good food just so they can have a cell phone. >>> and gets are getting healthier food in school lunches. students and their stomachs are grumbling. they're hungry and want more food. are there enough calories to keep their energy up through out the day? ike [tearfully] this is the best day ever! [ sobbing ] [ male announcer ] layaway's back. shop now and have more time to pay. walmart. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll ta
a lot of happy people will be showing up at that stadium tonight in baltimore, suzanne. >> i guess we've got to live with the results from the past. life ain't perfect, it's not fair. we have to live with it and move on. we'll try. all right, jason, thank you. >>> courting the jewish vote. >> the public appearance is that the united states will be behind israel if something happens. z i'd rather the united states be next to israel. >> these people are so pumped about...
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when the refs take the field tonight in baltimore, you think they will be ready? >> oh, absolutely. these guys have been working every week, really since may, to get ready for the season through conference calls, through video, through meetings of their own. and that's something that the officials have done simply because they have enough pride in what they do they wanted to be ready. and they are ready. >> teak day, seemed to the owners, the most valuable thing the owners have, got aught then at this time of the game was slipping away from them. >> i think you can't discount the media uproar, not just in sports media this resonated in regular media and we are talking about it here. >> president clinton talking about it. >> politicians talking about t we talked about that yesterday it resonated in people's minds in a much greater way than i think the league anticipated. the owners, businessmen themselves and probably saw some kind of hit happening to their business had to act. roger goodell obviously being the voice of that finally made a decision here to get this thing done and the
when the refs take the field tonight in baltimore, you think they will be ready? >> oh, absolutely. these guys have been working every week, really since may, to get ready for the season through conference calls, through video, through meetings of their own. and that's something that the officials have done simply because they have enough pride in what they do they wanted to be ready. and they are ready. >> teak day, seemed to the owners, the most valuable thing the owners have, got...
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the baltimore orioles are even closer. joe saunders and three other pitchers allowed just three hits as the birds down toronto for nothing. baltimore is a game back of first. >>> tiger woods finished third in the deutsche bank championship yesterday, pocketing over a half million dollars. that check put woods over the $100 million mark for pga career earnings. woods notes that sam sneed won more than he has, but he has a bigger payout. >>> olympic gold medalist andy murray moves on in the u.s. open. he beat the canadian wry own yich last night. murray into the quarterfinals for the eighth straight time. murray has yet to win a major. >>> three members of team usa's gold medal winning women's gymnastics team took in the dodgers last night. ross, maroney and gabby douglas threw out the ceremonial first pitch. in this case, pitches. looks like they had a good time doing that. and that's a look at sports. the next hour of cnn "newsroom" begins after a short break. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it just wouldn't go away. i was
the baltimore orioles are even closer. joe saunders and three other pitchers allowed just three hits as the birds down toronto for nothing. baltimore is a game back of first. >>> tiger woods finished third in the deutsche bank championship yesterday, pocketing over a half million dollars. that check put woods over the $100 million mark for pga career earnings. woods notes that sam sneed won more than he has, but he has a bigger payout. >>> olympic gold medalist andy murray...
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mario armstrong, hln's digital lifestyle expert, joins us from my hometown of baltimore. >> yes, indeed. >> mario, the iphone 5, we've seen the big reveal. is it living up to the hype? what's new with this? >> i mean, if you go with the pre-order sales, absolutely it's living up to the hype, and then some. >> yeah. >> because now you can no longer even buy it, at least online that is right now. i think a lot of people are trying to wait and see, is this the right phone for them? is this the right phone to upgrade to? if you've been on the iphone 4s, consider whether this is the right upgrade, iphone 4 or earlier, definitely makes sense. >> i'm on the 4s and still trying to figure out what's in it for me other than, you know, a lot of people are concerned about having to buy new chargers because right now you can use the same charger for the ipad and the iphone and the ipad, but now they have this new one. >> that's right. so what you're talking about is this connector. >> yes. >> that we're used to seeing for all of our devices. that has now changed to what was a 30-pin connector to an
mario armstrong, hln's digital lifestyle expert, joins us from my hometown of baltimore. >> yes, indeed. >> mario, the iphone 5, we've seen the big reveal. is it living up to the hype? what's new with this? >> i mean, if you go with the pre-order sales, absolutely it's living up to the hype, and then some. >> yeah. >> because now you can no longer even buy it, at least online that is right now. i think a lot of people are trying to wait and see, is this the right...
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. >>> a tiny ren waw painting worth a small fortune, but the story of how it was stolen from a baltimore art museum 60 years ago, then bought for $7 at a flea market, the fbi is now on the case. still no idea who stole it or how it wound up in a flea market. and after all that is figured out, there's still yet another question. who owns it? the museum, the woman who bought it $7, or the insurance company? >>> now for another mystery, this one involving one of the most famous paintings in the world. we're talking about leonardo da vinci's mona lisa. a private swiss art foundation says she's not alone. there's another mona lisa out there. and they unveiled it on thursday. so let the debate begin. we brought in john mann, cnn international. his expertise and his piercing eye can help nail it down for us. >> you think that renoir was available? that's jump change to a mona lisa which wasn't the first mona lisa. what they're trying to convince the art world is that he didn't just paint the most famous painting of all time, the most famous woman, perhaps, of all time. he painted herb twice. he
. >>> a tiny ren waw painting worth a small fortune, but the story of how it was stolen from a baltimore art museum 60 years ago, then bought for $7 at a flea market, the fbi is now on the case. still no idea who stole it or how it wound up in a flea market. and after all that is figured out, there's still yet another question. who owns it? the museum, the woman who bought it $7, or the insurance company? >>> now for another mystery, this one involving one of the most famous...
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>> i crashed an audition for the baltimore opera. i learned an aria. somehow i got in. >> any chance you'd share something that you remember from your days in singing? >> ultimately it was -- ♪ >> very good. very good. >> very kind, thank you. >> so, after that, you spent some time, i'm sure a lot of people would be surprised to know at qvc. >> my first actual job in television. >> the lamp is a little warm. not unlike lava. >> i wandered out of the opera hall dressed as a viking and walked across mt. royal avenue into mt. royal tavern to order a beer, and watched the ball game. but the football game wasn't on. the bartender, a guy hi known for years was watching a big guy in a shiny suit sell pots and pans and i was like, rick, can we watch the game. he said, no, i'm auditioning for that guy's job to recall. he bets me 100 bucks i can't get a call back if i go to the audition with him so i go to the audition, and i didn't get a callback but i got a job offer on the spot but it wouldn't have happened without a beer, and that's kind of what helped mot
>> i crashed an audition for the baltimore opera. i learned an aria. somehow i got in. >> any chance you'd share something that you remember from your days in singing? >> ultimately it was -- ♪ >> very good. very good. >> very kind, thank you. >> so, after that, you spent some time, i'm sure a lot of people would be surprised to know at qvc. >> my first actual job in television. >> the lamp is a little warm. not unlike lava. >> i wandered...
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they start tonight in the game between baltimore and cleveland. but moving back to mitt romney out on the campaign trail, he continues his push on national security issues with an event at a military college in pennsylvania, that is tomorrow. after a fund-raiser in philadelphia and this is a state, wolf, where he is trailing the president by double digits, but it's a state the campaign thinks it could put into play. i talked to a senior romney adviser who said just that earlier this week, wolf. >> let's see if the romney campaign starts putting some money and buying commercials. that would back up their assessment, if that's what they believe. let's bring back the panel, he is the national press secretary. you saw the revision of the gdp, the economic threat numbers. austan goolsbee the chief economist. he said if gdp is growing less than 2% or if things go wrong in europe, he is going to be facing trouble. how worried are you, ben, about the fact that the economic growth went down to a pretty poor 1. -- what, 3%? >> the president is being clear t
they start tonight in the game between baltimore and cleveland. but moving back to mitt romney out on the campaign trail, he continues his push on national security issues with an event at a military college in pennsylvania, that is tomorrow. after a fund-raiser in philadelphia and this is a state, wolf, where he is trailing the president by double digits, but it's a state the campaign thinks it could put into play. i talked to a senior romney adviser who said just that earlier this week, wolf....
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this after a disputed field goal gave the baltimore raven a one-point win over the patriots and a series of botched calls and misapplied rules that have driven coaches, players and fans crazy. all this because of a labor dispute between the nfl and its regular referees that began when the league locked out the refs in june. the referees want more money, asking for more than the nfl's offer to increase their average salaries from $149,000 a year to $189,000. compare that to the median nfl player's salary, $770,000 a year. it's important to remember the average nfl playing career is only three and a half years. and most of the refs have other careers. so these aren't full-time jobs for them. the nfl wants to make the refs full-time and to add more refs so the average referee would make less money. the league also wants to move them from a pension system to a 401(k). but in the context of a business that brings in $9.5 billion a year, it seems relatively solvable. red cashin, an nfl referee for 25 years through two super bowls doesn't blame the replacement refs. what were they really not re
this after a disputed field goal gave the baltimore raven a one-point win over the patriots and a series of botched calls and misapplied rules that have driven coaches, players and fans crazy. all this because of a labor dispute between the nfl and its regular referees that began when the league locked out the refs in june. the referees want more money, asking for more than the nfl's offer to increase their average salaries from $149,000 a year to $189,000. compare that to the median nfl...
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>> i crashed an audition for the baltimore opera. i learned an aria. somehow i got in. >> any chance you'd share something that you remember from your days in singing? >> ultimately it was -- ♪ >> very good. very good. >> very kind, thank you. >> so, after that, you spent some time, i'm sure a lot of people would be surprised to know at qvc. >> my first actual job in television. >> the lamp is a little warm. not unlike lava. >> i wandered out of the opera hall dressed as a viking and walked across mt. royal avenue into mt. royal tavern to order a beer, and watched the ball game. but the football game wasn't on. the bartender, a guy hi known for years was watching a big guy in a shiny suit sell pots and pans and i was like,rick, can we watch the game. he said, no, i'm auditioning for that guy's job to recall. he bets me 100 bucks i can't get a call back if i go to the audition with him so i go to the audition, and i didn't get a callback but i got a job offer on the spot but it wouldn't have happened without a beer, and that's kind of what helped moti
>> i crashed an audition for the baltimore opera. i learned an aria. somehow i got in. >> any chance you'd share something that you remember from your days in singing? >> ultimately it was -- ♪ >> very good. very good. >> very kind, thank you. >> so, after that, you spent some time, i'm sure a lot of people would be surprised to know at qvc. >> my first actual job in television. >> the lamp is a little warm. not unlike lava. >> i wandered...
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he is president of universities and he was the provost at johns hopkins in baltimore, where i live. i have to honor him for that. he is ranked number three in the college football poll at lsu. he knows what he's talking about. he has practical experience. i have none. he is a reformer within the world of college sports. specifically, dr. lombardi has recently advocated that the scholarship level for athletes be raised, which is anathema to the smaller schools that feel they cannot afford it. he is also more significantly advocating that scholarships be guaranteed for athletes for their entire four years, which is even more anathema to big- time coaches who want the year by year scholarship roll to give them more control over the athletes. finally, he is also an advocate of reform in n.c.a.a. rules that capture in come from the sale of sports memorabilia and everything foreign athletes entire lifetime, long after they leave school. that is the issue in the antitrust case that is working its way through the courts right now. he is a reformer on that as well, all of which would cause h
he is president of universities and he was the provost at johns hopkins in baltimore, where i live. i have to honor him for that. he is ranked number three in the college football poll at lsu. he knows what he's talking about. he has practical experience. i have none. he is a reformer within the world of college sports. specifically, dr. lombardi has recently advocated that the scholarship level for athletes be raised, which is anathema to the smaller schools that feel they cannot afford it. he...
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such is in baltimore -- lisa is in baltimore. go ahead. caller: hi. the speech last night, he signed, sealed, and delivered it. i feel he will be our next president. host: thanks for your call. tulsa, oklahoma, gilbert is on our independent line. hi, go ahead. we will put that on hold and i'm sorry, go ahead. caller: i'm sorry. one of the things i thought was astounding at both conventions was at the rnc there was not one mention of george bush or dick cheney, nothing about them. and nothing about sarah palin. sarah palin helped to put the rnc in the power they have and she did not speak. what the guy just said about saving souls, where are the christian churches on fighting these wars? not one church has mentioned stopping these wars and killing innocent people. in oklahoma where i am, we just had a serious fire in medford, oklahoma. 90% of those homes did not have insurance. the person who would not meet the president at the airport had her hand out for fema. host: the governor? caller: yes. and in oklahoma, 75,000 people work for the federal govern
such is in baltimore -- lisa is in baltimore. go ahead. caller: hi. the speech last night, he signed, sealed, and delivered it. i feel he will be our next president. host: thanks for your call. tulsa, oklahoma, gilbert is on our independent line. hi, go ahead. we will put that on hold and i'm sorry, go ahead. caller: i'm sorry. one of the things i thought was astounding at both conventions was at the rnc there was not one mention of george bush or dick cheney, nothing about them. and nothing...
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this is from baltimore. jordan is an independent. caller: i wish americans would take the time to listen to international news and see what is going on around the world. we have japan, great britain is in a double-dip recession. we have countries in europe in a depression. if you listen to what is going on a round the world, you would appreciate what the president has done for this country. americans are buying -- we still have economic growth in america. it might be slow, but even china had a 0.9% gdp last quarter. america, we are pretty much bearing great in of this world. compared to what is going on around. some people just don't want to listen. they just make up their mind. host: thank you. two e-mails to close us out. that is a lead into our next discussion with congressman tom cole who will be here. we will be talking about the so- called fiscal of that awaits in december after the election. -- fiscal cliff that awaits an december after the election. we will be right back. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 201
this is from baltimore. jordan is an independent. caller: i wish americans would take the time to listen to international news and see what is going on around the world. we have japan, great britain is in a double-dip recession. we have countries in europe in a depression. if you listen to what is going on a round the world, you would appreciate what the president has done for this country. americans are buying -- we still have economic growth in america. it might be slow, but even china had a...
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here is "the baltimore sun" headline today -- such as the organization of islamic corp. and leaders like the turkish prime minister, the egyptian president, and the iranian president. we want to get were taken on the role of the u.n. and global force affairs. patrick is first in pennsylvania, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i think the role of the u.n. has become a better light -- utterly faster diced -- bastardized by the influence of the united states. you have to go to the mideast section of the u.s. state department and you see an entirely israeli presence in the state department. degrasse of net and out to -- photographs of netanyahu -- >> how do you know that? >> this is from "the wall street journal" this morning. --s as mr. obama's aids the president has come under criticism from the gop for not scheduling a meeting with benjamin netanyahu in new york this week. here is the picture inside the : new york post" meeting with the ladies meeting from " bellview." caller: i think everybody should get out of the u.n.. why try to pacify them? italy, germa
here is "the baltimore sun" headline today -- such as the organization of islamic corp. and leaders like the turkish prime minister, the egyptian president, and the iranian president. we want to get were taken on the role of the u.n. and global force affairs. patrick is first in pennsylvania, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i think the role of the u.n. has become a better light -- utterly faster diced -- bastardized by the influence of the united states. you have to go...
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host: marty makary is our guest, a surgeon at johns hopkins in baltimore. the numbers are on your screen. the book is "unaccountable." you take on hospital executive pay. why? guest: i talked to doctors and nurses around the country. they feel there is a growing gap between the front line doctors and their own managers. increasingly, i hear doctors and nurses say one of their frustrations is their own management. last year there were a record number of mergers and acquisitions in health care. some say these hospitals can be too big to fail. have to wonder if things go bad like the did it st. vincent's hospital in new york, who will take care of that population? i to take on the children's hospital that had a fund-raiser that asked children to collect pennies from other kids were the ceo made about $3 million a year. i think the general public is starving for honesty in health care. i have made mistakes with patients. i find they are starving for the kind of honesty. host: have you ever been sued? guest: i have never been sued but most doctors will be sued o
host: marty makary is our guest, a surgeon at johns hopkins in baltimore. the numbers are on your screen. the book is "unaccountable." you take on hospital executive pay. why? guest: i talked to doctors and nurses around the country. they feel there is a growing gap between the front line doctors and their own managers. increasingly, i hear doctors and nurses say one of their frustrations is their own management. last year there were a record number of mergers and acquisitions in...
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now to baltimore, maryland. stephen, thanks for calling. caller: good morning. i'm a 20-year-old college student, conservative and hard, but when mitt romney makes a comment on redistribution of wealth, i would have to agree, because it is hurting the economy. even though i am a beneficiary. as far as him making the comments at a private fund- raiser, that is his own ideology, his own opinion. i don't believe that should affect his campaign in any negative manner. host: this on twitter -- i want to go next to kathleen from north carolina. how do you think the romney campaign has reacted to the comments yesterday and the fervor it created? caller: i really think the romney campaign needed to sit back and let the rest of the united states think for themselves, because his comments was right. i became a republic in the day after nancy pelosi walked up the steps of the courthouse with a huge gamble in her hand, because i thought the democratic party had left me behind and i don't want to live under the heavy hand of the government. that is exactly why i left the dem
now to baltimore, maryland. stephen, thanks for calling. caller: good morning. i'm a 20-year-old college student, conservative and hard, but when mitt romney makes a comment on redistribution of wealth, i would have to agree, because it is hurting the economy. even though i am a beneficiary. as far as him making the comments at a private fund- raiser, that is his own ideology, his own opinion. i don't believe that should affect his campaign in any negative manner. host: this on twitter -- i...
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here is the baltimore sun -- and then this piece also wrote written in the baltimore sun by a longtime political reporter -- robert portman is helping romney prepare for. the for the first debate is in denver, so look for our lookon c-span.org. freddie is a democratic caller in lanham, maryland. caller: thank you very much, c- span. the un is a very good entity. but the main problem is the united states and israel. israel is the biggest stone in the shoes of the united states. the president of the united rael.s not bowing to is mitt romney wants to start another war with iran. host: this on twitter -- the president will be giving his address to the united nations this morning around 10:00 a.m. eastern time. look for coverage on c-span. governor mitt romney will be at the clinton global initiative this morning giving a talk about foreign affairs at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. look for our coverage on c-span 2. president obama will travel over to the clinton global initiative to give his speech around noon eastern time. go to c-span.org for details of coverage of those events in new york. le
here is the baltimore sun -- and then this piece also wrote written in the baltimore sun by a longtime political reporter -- robert portman is helping romney prepare for. the for the first debate is in denver, so look for our lookon c-span.org. freddie is a democratic caller in lanham, maryland. caller: thank you very much, c- span. the un is a very good entity. but the main problem is the united states and israel. israel is the biggest stone in the shoes of the united states. the president of...
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host: we will move onto a republican in baltimore -- caller: good morning. not to go back to the 47% -- i liken this to the creed -- crazy tv commercial who is the only person in the u.s., the baby, who does not want free stuff. does not make sense to go back to bill clinton and welfare reform and say if there are better options, getting around, maybe having something provided to you but there are other options, as a people, it is our -- is in our dna to be industrious. wouldn't it make sense to think about this in the context of health care reform? it is about feeding and building the economy. does that make sense? guest: it does to me. i like what president clinton did with welfare reform. there has been an effort by this president to weaken some of those work requirements that have been part of welfare. states will get waivers of the don't have to continue to get welfare benefits. it will now read the fine work under president obama. de-- redefine work under president obama. i think there has been some changes under this president but i think it has weeke
host: we will move onto a republican in baltimore -- caller: good morning. not to go back to the 47% -- i liken this to the creed -- crazy tv commercial who is the only person in the u.s., the baby, who does not want free stuff. does not make sense to go back to bill clinton and welfare reform and say if there are better options, getting around, maybe having something provided to you but there are other options, as a people, it is our -- is in our dna to be industrious. wouldn't it make sense...
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host: be in baltimore. caller: even though there is more food out there and it's being wasted, why is it a problem that these illegal aliens are eating the food and we are paying for it? we're paying for so much waste. i don't think there's any problem with giving away the food anyway if they are reading it. guest: -- host: do you know if illegal aliens are allowed to eat the school lunch program or not? guest: it is not something that we have explored specifically. host: where is the school lunch program going next? what are some other provisions coming down the pipeline? guest: more pretend vegetable, more whole grains, less fat, lower sodium. there rolled in overtime. we will see that improving. we will see things going from partially whole grain to fully whole grain. the most exciting change is the rest of the school food environment. if we want them to meet their roots and vegetables, the things as parents we want them to we, we have to make sure we're not competing them against foods that may be more
host: be in baltimore. caller: even though there is more food out there and it's being wasted, why is it a problem that these illegal aliens are eating the food and we are paying for it? we're paying for so much waste. i don't think there's any problem with giving away the food anyway if they are reading it. guest: -- host: do you know if illegal aliens are allowed to eat the school lunch program or not? guest: it is not something that we have explored specifically. host: where is the school...
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baltimore, maryland. dorothy is on our line for democrats. go ahead. calm i like early voting -- caller: i like early voting. mitt romney lies too much and he is a thief. devils.ike they come to kill and destroyed. host: this is from this morning's edition of the washington post. the headline, why is it so hard to register to voted? she writes, americans have been registering to vote since the 19th century. north dakotans do not have to register to vote. they can show up on election day. if most americans are not registered by october 9, they will be shut out of this year plus all election. there are several states such as maine that allow the election day registration. she goes on to write, americans by now are accustomed to registration. to most people throughout the world, the u.s. system is mystifying. on the governments create eligible voter lists, in tabling the majority of their adult population to vote. the government maintains the role. -- the roll. victoria is the author of "day electoral dysfunction." it is in bookstores september 8. a docum
baltimore, maryland. dorothy is on our line for democrats. go ahead. calm i like early voting -- caller: i like early voting. mitt romney lies too much and he is a thief. devils.ike they come to kill and destroyed. host: this is from this morning's edition of the washington post. the headline, why is it so hard to register to voted? she writes, americans have been registering to vote since the 19th century. north dakotans do not have to register to vote. they can show up on election day. if...
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host: words from betty there, from baltimore. words of eleanor turner, somewhat echoing her comments. host: back to twitter -- host: here is a bit more from mitt romney yesterday in new york city and what he wants to achieve when it comes to america's role in the world. [video clip] >> i want to remind them of the bigness of the american heart. i never apologize for america. i believe the america is one of the greatest forces for good the world has ever known. host: from the editorial page of "the washington times," "the administration denounced the video that provoked outrage for extremists." host: jody, california. go ahead. caller: i am an independent. i used to be a republican. i voted for ron paul. i registered as an independent. i cannot morally vote for mitt romney, obama, or anybody. actually, obama is a little better on foreign policy, but not really much. i am an independent now and i will be voting for jerry johnson in the election. foreign policy is the most important thing that is breaking this country. you know? the
host: words from betty there, from baltimore. words of eleanor turner, somewhat echoing her comments. host: back to twitter -- host: here is a bit more from mitt romney yesterday in new york city and what he wants to achieve when it comes to america's role in the world. [video clip] >> i want to remind them of the bigness of the american heart. i never apologize for america. i believe the america is one of the greatest forces for good the world has ever known. host: from the editorial...
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host: the next call for laura leslie comes from baltimore on our republican line. caller: hello. it is interesting listening to you guys speak. to me, the thing that really concerns me is i did not hear too much about jobs, or how they will make jobs. all they tell you is we will help you, help you, help you, but it is all government and governments. that is impossible. we are a country that when i came here it was self- sufficient. i do not want slued stamps. i want a job -- food stamps. i want a job. my daughter, she lost one job after the other and she does not want to go on food stamps. she does not want to get free housing. that is all the democrats are offering. the abortions -- women are not having abortions all the time. host: thank you for calling in. laura leslie? guest: if either party knew how to create jobs, i'm sure they would be saying sell, but this is the worst recession since the great depression, and both sides are trying to figure out how to do that. republican state government does not create jobs, but action the government does create a lot of jobs, especial
host: the next call for laura leslie comes from baltimore on our republican line. caller: hello. it is interesting listening to you guys speak. to me, the thing that really concerns me is i did not hear too much about jobs, or how they will make jobs. all they tell you is we will help you, help you, help you, but it is all government and governments. that is impossible. we are a country that when i came here it was self- sufficient. i do not want slued stamps. i want a job -- food stamps. i...